intercalate
Americanverb (used with object)
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to interpolate; interpose.
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to insert (an extra day, month, etc.) in the calendar.
verb
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to insert (one or more days) into the calendar
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to interpolate or insert
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of intercalate
First recorded in 1605–15; from Latin intercalātus, past participle of intercalāre “to insert a day or month into the calendar,” equivalent to inter- “between, among, together” + calā- (stem of calāre “to proclaim”) + -tus past participle suffix; see inter-
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“The messenger RNA from the vaccine does not form a triple helix, and it certainly doesn’t intercalate with the DNA to form a triple helix in any way,” Kuritzkes said.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 7, 2022
But he was not born to live continually in outland parts, loving rather to intercalate fierce adventures between spells of home-keeping.
From The Path of the King by John Buchan
In this case, the palaeontologist is called upon suddenly to intercalate about 800 species of Mollusca and Radiata, between the fauna of the Lower Lias and that of the Middle Trias.
From The Antiquity of Man by Sir Charles Lyell
The viewer can even intercalate any person in the cast, even himself or herself, and deliver a character's lines.
From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin
Perhaps here would be a fit place to intercalate a description of the native youth whose name forms the title-page to this strange historical romance.
From My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
Therefore, much lab work has been needed to devise new intercalated materials for imparting next-generation device functionalities.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 1, 2024
Although many synthetic methods are available for preparing intercalated materials, researchers have had no reliable means of predicting which host-guest combinations are stable.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 1, 2024
Unfortunately, it's difficult to identify in advance which of the many possible intercalated materials are stable, which necessitates a lot of trial-and-error lab work in product development.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 1, 2024
This line is called an intercalated disc: it assists in passing electrical impulse efficiently from one cell to the next and maintains the strong connection between neighboring cardiac cells.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The fundamental formation is a series of great sheets of columnar basalt, 70 to 100 ft. thick, in which are intercalated thin beds of tuff.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
When they link up, they form intercalating discs that allow the cells to communicate with each other and begin contracting in synchrony.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
It has always sought to bring the divine into human life by intercalating acts of God among facts of nature.
From Outspoken Essays by William Ralph Inge
The regulations of Caesar were not at first sufficiently understood; and the pontiffs, by intercalating every third year instead of every fourth, at the end of thirty-six years had intercalated twelve times, instead of nine.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various
Thus, after intercalating in year one, they intercalated again in year four, instead of in year five.
From Plutarch's Lives Volume III. by Aubrey Stewart
The Vicar, dishevelled and desperate, intercalating spasmodic remorse and apprehension with broken explanations of the Theory of Etiquette.
From The Wonderful Visit by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
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